Corporate governance

The company’s latest Credit Union Trends Report predicts that membership and lending will stall as job losses rise and consumer demand for loans dries up.

Industry veterans have drawn from their experiences with wildfires, earthquakes and hurricanes to fashion their responses to the pandemic.

N.W. Iowa CU has agreed to merge into Siouxland FCU, citing rising technology costs and an increasingly complex compliance environment.

Unlike recent affairs that were marred by protests, this year's meeting — held online because of the coronavirus outbreak — went smoothly as investors overwhelmingly approved the bank's slate of directors and executive compensation plan.

With its "people helping people" mindset, the industry is uniquely positioned to serve consumers who are suffering during the pandemic. Credit unions need to capitalize on this.

Lawmakers should approve a program to distribute stimulus funds using a government-sanctioned coin, which would be speedier than the current system.

Lester Owens, who is scheduled to join the bank in July, will report to Chief Operating Officer Scott Powell. He will be charged with implementing a more unified structure across the 260,000-person company.

The New York-based credit union is set to absorb Hudson River Financial FCU and Columbia-Greene FCU following charter conversions at those institutions. Sunmark has picked up at least two other small CUs within the last 18 months.

Not everything is in decline. T&E approval processes need to be ready for spikes in invoices for streaming content, tele-meetings and remote technology rather than air travel and hotels, said AppZen's Uri Kogan.

Inside Citigroup's headquarters in Manhattan, executives are trying to solve a problem bedeviling much of Wall Street: How to get employees up elevators.